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icreinstall_c.exe

Application Installer

Criteria Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_c.exe, “Application Installer Setup ” by Criteria Quality (Fried Cookie) has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Installer   (signed by Criteria Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.))

Product:
Application Installer

Description:
Application Installer Setup

MD5:
ac8f49cd6afb45b3a12acc8a7ea5bd5b

SHA-1:
a862d41fbeb4961599aa0484415c8781853e18c0

SHA-256:
6c101f809864b63aa3d8375733cbceff7b7652fbcd872bd03866b9be422db08c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 7:34:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Installer.Installer (M)
16.1.30.6

File size:
969.4 KB (992,656 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.7

Copyright:
Internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_c.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Criteria Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 12:21:34 PM

Valid to:
6/29/2016 11:39:55 AM

Subject:
CN=Criteria Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.), O=Criteria Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11216ABCF20419312093F809F0E003C850D7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:dN7LKXirSl5g5MYuHz9GNh6zCaWM4UEIBtot+k2G:dR2XirSXXYuT9GrMDE6Rk2G

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file icreinstall_c.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.giftbestsafe.com/c?x=hOx2sbdo5U8QFbHfmai7uqKVAINBEP4EIrUqk5Rkifw=&c=CauFCv5SmAy8AwDCfKsmIZvxtnalDBdFXJyVtxu0gYA3KDj/.../hPMzjyzXA64mvIGkraKKs=&downloadAs=Firefox Setup.exe

http://www.apptowerstag.com/c?x=3VKSmZ9xiup2u1x/YkJAlE6LSa2HppjBaFX3psF4Kyw=&c=pv/.../EccTviV9h m8GmEk9v880ndhwuzK20gdIsfYwfDvvpU=&downloadAs=Firefox Setup.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to os.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdnus.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdneu.webfilescdn.com  (65.254.40.36:80)

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